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Arson suspect set to change plea

Fire destroyed building housing Bob Miles Plumbing and Heating on Route 1 in Freeport.

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Updated: 7:21 AM EDT May 26, 2012

Arson suspect set to change plea

Fire destroyed building housing Bob Miles Plumbing and Heating on Route 1 in Freeport.

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Updated: 7:21 AM EDT May 26, 2012

PORTLAND, Maine —

Christopher Veysey is expected to plead guilty on one count of arson and nine counts of burglary in Cumberland County Combined Court. Veysey had previously pleaded not guilty to the charges, but there is a change of plea hearing scheduled for Friday morning.

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The 21-year-old was arrested in October of 2011 in connection with a fire that destroyed the building housing Bob Miles Plumbing and Heating on Route 1 in Freeport.

Maine state fire Investigators said he broke into nine vehicles in the parking lot of the business and set fire to four of them. The fires then spread to the building. Veysey, who did not have a vehicle, then made his way to Portland .

Investigators said he also is suspected of committing burglaries on Monday in Guilford, about 100 miles from Freeport.